Am I missing something on STAY

AlexBrown · Post by **AlexBrown** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:34 pm

Im not good at guitar by a long shot, but this song does not seem very hard. The speed may be the only problem for me. So i am wondering if there is somethin i am missing that makes it hard, like strumming patter or...?

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:18 pm

its kinda hard to strum all the strings and mute all of them except for the two your acuatlly playing. how long you been playing for

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 12:35 am

You don't mute all the strings. Most aren't played, you just strum the inside, and the muted strings around it. What I think is hard is there is an upstroking beat thing he has in the song that was a little tough for me at first. You don't even really touch the bass strings at all. If you watch dave, he only really mutes the one string below and above.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 12:39 am

i've seen dave's middle finger muting the low E before.....maybe he only does it sometimes, but i play it that way cause i think it sounds good.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 2:26 am

well,m just my point is, he doesn't always play all the strings, muted or not.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 11:11 am

Ranting Thespian wrote:well,m just my point is, he doesn't always play all the strings, muted or not.

i'm glad somebody realizes this

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:27 am

fatjack wrote:
Ranting Thespian wrote:well,m just my point is, he doesn't always play all the strings, muted or not.
i'm glad somebody realizes this

lol

subotai · Post by **subotai** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:42 am

at the 6/21/2001 show I saw daves pick hit one of the strings he isnt supposed to play. It was from the 12th row too!

DJR · Post by **DJR** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:40 am

subotai wrote:at the 6/21/2001 show I saw daves pick hit one of the strings he isnt supposed to play. It was from the 12th row too!

wow bringing a telescope to a dave show must have been hard to do, but congrats on pulling it off

btw i know that wasn't funny at all, just felt like sayin it

tjmac66pc · Post by **tjmac66pc** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 3:22 pm

this is a frustrating song to me....acousticly i could play it a couple months ago, then i recently practiced it after a long hietus and i definitely can't play it as well anymore...this is very frustrating...i just can't get a good ring tone out of the d and g strings right now...so much easier to play on the electric...any suggestions?

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 12:37 am

he could have hit the extra string by accident.

subotai · Post by **subotai** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:09 am

Ranting Thespian wrote:he could have hit the extra string by accident.

LIES!!!!1

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:56 pm

On Listener Supported, it doesn't seem like he plays the xxx88x chord.. just what it seems to me though..

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:32 am

um, it's the xx88xx chord, get your strings right

. Anyways, that chord is played by your index finger. You play the first chord, then you lift up your pinky and hold down the xx88xx chord with your index finger (I put the x's there so you can see the strings, he doesn't play all those strings, just 2, with a slight muting above and below). It's very hard to see it, since he doesn't move his index that far.